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Press releases
The decathlon is deemed a blue ribbon event in track and field athletics because of the versatility that is required. Precisely this ability to meet different requirements as comprehensively as possible is required with the Solar Decathlon. In this competition for completely solar powered homes, university teams from all over the world compete with their demonstration buildings. The latest BINE-Projektinfo brochure “In competition for the best energy-plus building” (17/2012) presents the two German entries at this year’s European event in Madrid. Adopting quite different approaches, teams from Constance and Aachen universities achieved fourth and fifth places among 18 participants.
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Until now water has usually been used as the heat transfer medium for transporting heat and supplying cooling ceilings with cooling energy. However, competition is now growing in particular application areas. Researchers have developed new heat transfer fluids (PCS – phase change slurries) that have at least double the energy density. The new BINE-Projektinfo brochure “Phase change stores heat” (16/2012) presents the fluids. Phase change materials such as paraffin, which are finely distributed in water, store heat when they melt and release it again when they solidify.
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The Freiburg district of Weingarten-West is well on the way to requiring less energy in future: the buildings are undergoing refurbishment and the district heating provision is being adapted. The first high-rise building that has been refurbished to the passive house standard stands out as a flagship project not just in visual terms. The latest BINE-Projektinfo brochure “On route to a low-energy urban district” (15/2012) presents this building in relation to the comprehensive district concept. The measures also include an information campaign for the residents.
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Success contracting is a new approach for achieving and guaranteeing permanent quality during the building operation through the use of a modified tendering procedure. This is because building services equipment is complex, and new and fully renovated buildings provide no guarantee that the heating and ventilation systems automatically achieve the target values in practice that were specified during planning. The newly published BINE-Projektinfo brochure "Ensuring sustained user quality in buildings" (14/2012) presents the concept and the initial practical experience.
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